Re: [APML]: Computer processing

["Tom Krajci" <krajcit@det5wg57.barksdale.af.mil>]

> From:          handy@primenet.com (Howard C. Anderson)

> My goal for post processing has been to get the screen image 
> to look as much like the slide as possible.  The slides are brilliant.
> I try to get the images on my screen to look as much like the
> slides as possible.  Print film is another story.  Prints
> simply look dull to me.  They do not have the dynamic range
> of slides.  Now the negatives themselves are a different story and if 
> one scans from the negative, one could expect a more vibrant image
> although if one is used to looking at prints, one is likely to
> err on the side of dullness when performing post-processing.

If you compare the density range of a slide and a negative of the 
same image. . .the slide exhibits a greater density range.  Compared 
to prints, slides (or just about any good transmissive media) have a 
larger dynamic range than reflective media (color print paper).

That does make it tough to make prints or screen displays look like 
slides. 


Tom Krajci

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